Summary
"An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progr... Full description
- Needles
- At home
- Abuelita
- Gilmar's goodbyes
- Trips to Puerto Rico
- Papi's death
- El luto
- Celina's story
- Transformation
- Diabetes, Nancy Drew, Perry Mason
- Middle school
- Transition to CSHS, first job
- Co-op city / high school
- Forensics club, Celina starts hostos
- College dreams
- Princeton
- Abuelita's death
- Puerto Rican identity
- Pyne prize, graduation, wedding
- Yale
- Morgenthau recruiting
- D.A.'s office : learning the ropes
- Divorce
- Found families
- Child porn, Tarzan, Nelson's death
- PRLDEF, pro bono
- Pavia and Harcourt
- Diabetes, personal growth
- Judge.